The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-05-04
Pith and Point.

CALIFORNIA claims to have received 1900
new settlers since the middle of last No
vember.
THERE is to be Scotch Presbyterian
church in Boston in which the services will
be conducted in Gaelic
SOME sugar was made in Dakota this
spring from sap obtained from white maple
trees set out since the territory was settled.
AN agricultural journal tells Z" how to
make living off farm" Nearly every
body does who isn't farmer Phtiddelphid
call.
eyes" said Fogg, Gas a success have
always been a failure, but as failure have
been an unqualified success. "-Accident
NelCS.
THERE are nine persons over 40 years
old in Germany, five women and four mem
the oldest woman is III and the oldest man
100 years of age.
BROOKLYN bridge is to be painted, to pre-
serve the metal, and 10000 pounds Of paint
will be required to do it in the most
economical manner.
MISTRESS Ito new servant): 1--WE have
breakfast generally about eight o'clock"
New servant: Well, mum, If | amt down
to it don't wait. "-E6change.
CINCINNATI is to have big centennial
celebration next year and is also laying
pipes to capture the two national conven-
tions that will be held in 1888.
lHEOPHILE bAUTlER once Sdlu: " 10 nave
money is so evidently the single merit
recognized in London that the poor English
despise themselves. "-French Fun.
A NEWS item states that man can easily
carry S40000,000 in $4,000 bills. This is
cheering information. Some day, when we
have leisure, we shall try it.-NorristoUn
Herald.
THE Rev. DR.. Joseph Parker of London
does considerable editorial work and likes
to use the editorial Eve" A few Sundays
ago he announced, in a hoarse voice, from
his pulpit that 1--WE have cold to-day"
A YOUNG man of Palmyra Maine, has
just been chosen a selectman, assessor,
overseer of the poor, fence-viewer and field
driver and supervisor of schools. To add to
these responsibilities he has got married.
"DoT Abram Levi he opens a store next
to mine 1t wash mean in him." Z" But
didn't you say last summer, Mr.. Doppen-
heimer, that competition is the life of
trader" eyes; but wasn't in no peesness
last summer"
"Do you think" she asked dreamily, as
he sat beside her at the circus, " that this is
the same elephant / saw when l was
child?" No." he answered, with scornful
candor, "you know elephants only live to
be two hundred years old"
AN old lady, hearing that a kindergarten
was to be established in her town, said en-
phatically: Well they'll never make it
|
of their own, and vegetables can be had for
nothing here in summer time"
"YoUR butter is very bad" Excuse me-
that can't be; that is our own butter"
" But they tell me you do not keep cows"
Would you insinuate, my dear sir, that we
are so lacking in culture as to find it neces-
sary to keep cows in order to produce our
| own butter?"
THE cashier of Chinese bank tried to
leave with the funds for Japan or some
| place on the American plan, the other day,
but it is not believed that the custom will
become popular. The government walled
| up the cashier in a cell to starve to death
and chopped the heads off all his family.
A VERY little fellow has very lively
tongue and talks so much at meals that on
recent occasion, when there were to be
guests at the table, his elder brother bribed
him with nickel to keep still. After ten
minutes of silence the little boy whispered
anxiously to his brother 90 Arthur, Arthur!
mayn't | talk cents worth?' american
| Hebrew.
THE time for railroad passes is past. We
are passed no more. Many poor country
scribe will now "wet the paper down "
with tears. Many sombre sanctum will be
so sob-shaken as to require the putting in of
| machinery stay-rods. The only remedy is
to boycott the railroads and walk. We
never did like to ride on a train much, any
how.-HHlsb0ro (Ga) NepS-Herold.
WHAT a comical thing it would be if an
! editors parish committee should call around
with big purse of money and tell him that
! he needed rest and recruitment for his
brain, and that he had better take three
| months trip to Europe and the parish would
| supply his place in his absence. Somehow
| the editorial parish committee isn't con-
! structed in that style of architecture, and
| besides editors never rest if they can avoid
| it.-SpriHafeld Union.
MARY had little lot, and thought she'd
! better SELL she placed it on the market and
the way that lot did-well, it sold four times
within a week, and every time it went the
! lucky man who bought it cleared ninety-nine
per cent. What makes town lots go flying
so?" the eager buyers cry. oh, Lincoln's
on BOOM you know" the agents do reply.
And so the owners mark them up, yet buy
ers do not squeal, but run impatiently about
for fear they'll lose deal.-Lincon (Kdn)
Republican.
A RECENT issue of the Arizona Holcler
contains the following editorial paragraph
Attention is called to the fact that in the
news columns of this mornings HoOier
there appears the first and only account of
the elopement of our wife with Thumbless
Billy the monte sharp, which occurred yes
terday. Thus we score another one on our
dead contemporary across the street. Look
for some spicy inside developments, TO be
published exclusively in this paper to-mor-
row morning"
JOHN JACOB AsToR once said that the
largest sum of money he ever missed max
! ing was in reference to the purchase of
Louisiana in connection with Dewitt Gin
ton, Governor Morris and others. They
meant to buy the whole franchise from
Napoleon and then sell it to President
jefferson at the same price, merely retaining
the public domain and charging two and
| one-haf per cent commission. Some tritie
caused the scheme to fall through. If it
had been carried out Mr.. Aston estimated
that he should have made S30,00O0 600
If there is anything that the small boy
will not lug around in his pocket natural
history has not revealed it., The other day
a youngster in knee-breeches in Miss Bah
cocks school-room at Caledonia was dis
covered to have a large live frog slowed
away in his jacket-pocket The frog has
singular temperament, and can accommo-
date himself to almost any degree of heat or
cold and still preserve his dignity and self
respect but this boys pocket proved too
close quarters, even for a frog, and he sue
ceeded in exposing himself to view and
thereby gained his liberty. Caledonia (Neec
YOrk0 Advertiser.
AMONG the begging letters received by
| rich New Yorker was one from woman
who wrote in pencil on bit of dirty paper,
saving that she was laundress, a widow
with two children and newborn baby,
who had lost her customers through the ne
cessity of waiting upon her husband in his
last illness and her own subsequent illness
at the birth of her child. She only asked